Re: Fw: The old sock trick

Billy -- 20B2 is 21" tall. The
cross is LUMALITE x BLAZING SUNRISE. 20A9's markings are more pronounced
on film than in the garden, curiously. But its vigor -- 3 reblooms
during the past 2 months -- has to earn it a place in the breeding
program. -- Griff

I don't know whether iris-photos went down for
a period last night or whether there are problems with my server, but this
message that I sent yesterday evening seems not to have made it to the list
and is not in the archives. Also, I received nothing in my inbox from
7:44 p.m. yesterday until 1:54 a.m. today. Our iris group alone
usually produces more traffic than that. Did anyone else experience
this gap? -- Griff

Well, I said that ROTUNDA, HAUNTING and ROSALIE
FIGGE would have to take their chances with the hard freeze (26 above)
coming tonight, but as I checked the garden, I found more things making a
valiant effort. SDB 20A9 bloomed again today -- its 3d rebloom in the
last 6 weeks. SDB 20B2 has a stalk up, and the stalk of
HAUNTING that was clipped off by a falling branch has been
replaced by another shooting up in its place. So, they all get as much
of a reprieve as I can give them -- yes, the old sweat-sock
trick. Whether it will work, I don't know, but it's worth a try, since
several days of warmup are forecast if we can get by tonight. (Wonder
if the neighbors will think this is a gathering of little garden ghosts
left over from Halloween?) This will be 20B2's first rebloom, if it makes
it. -- Griff